Noudatettuna

Noudatettuna is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb noudattaa ("to observe, comply with, or cause to be followed"). Morphologically it is the essive case (-na/-nä) of the past participle noudatettu, and it denotes a state or condition: literally "as (having been) followed" or idiomatically "when/if observed" or "as complied with."

Usage of noudatettuna is common in formal, legal and administrative language where it describes that a rule, instruction or procedure is in a state of compliance. It often appears in passive or impersonal constructions to indicate that something is regarded or treated as complied with. English equivalents include "as complied with," "when followed" and "considered to have been observed."

Examples in context include phrases that translate as "the rule is considered to have been followed" (Sääntö pidetään noudatettuna) or "the procedure applies when the guidelines are followed." As a grammatical form it should not be treated as an independent lexical entry but as a derived participial form whose meaning depends on the verb noudattaa and the syntactic construction in which it appears.

Related forms include the infinitive noudattaa, the past participle noudatettu, and the adverbial participle noudattaen. Noudatettuna is therefore part of Finnish case and participle morphology used to express states of compliance.